Orenstein

Orenstein argues that in most classroom rooms female students don’t have proper role models to look at of theme selves. Actually that females are under represented across the board. She talks about how practicing teachers address such issues in practices in their classrooms. “This is a classroom that’s gone through the gender looking glass. It’s the mirror opposite of most classrooms that girls will enter…” it’s the same scenario as expressed in the Lawrence and Christensen pieces, women have no positive classroom role models it seems. It’s like being a girl is the worst thing you can be, as expressed in the thought “…but it’s degrading for a man to dress like a woman…” and when women see themselves as worthless how are the boys around them supposed to see them.
“You turn on MTV spring break and there’s these stupid girls with huge breasts and the tiniest bathing suits dancing around like pieces of meat.” I loved this piece it was a real eye opener and as a potential history teacher I want to integrate as many women as possible. It may be “HIS-STORY” but “she” helped out a lot too.